These flightless adorable creatures are called chocobos(チョコボ) .This fictional, large, and normally flightless galiformes(flightless birds like turkeys) are capable of being ridden for transportation in the "Final Fantasy Series".
Their typical colors are yellow yet there are still some rare kinds of chocobo which has the ability to fly and cast magic.
One example of a chocobo is the Fat chocobo which is very large in size and ca be a stock room for your miscellaneous. Most of them dwell in forests; While timid in the wild and vicious if threatened, they tame rather easily and act as vehicles, as well as quick and effective cavalry.
They are also useful for fighting for the reason they have powerful beak and very sharp claws.
There first appearance is in Final Fantasy II; after that they have been part of the Final Fantasy Series.
The person who is responsible of creating this adorable mounts is Koichi Ishii, a videogame director who worked on various Final Fantasy Titles. He was inspired to create this character because of "Kyorochan" which is a character in television advertisments for "Morinaga & Company's chocolate candy which is also a bird with the nickname "Kweh".
Chocobos has really conquered videogames with there adorable cuteness like in the game "Seiken Densetsu: Friends of Mana" which is a production of "square enix"; They also appeared in different anime series which makes them even more popular!
To know more about them click this link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo
